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Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
BIS standards revised for two wheeler helmets
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways through S.O. 4252  dated 26th November 2020 has issued the ‘Helmet for riders of Two Wheelers Motor Vehicles  Order, 2020.’Protective Helmets for Two Wheeler Riders have been included under compulsory BIS certification and the publication of the Quality Control Order.
As per the directions of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety for considering lighter helmets in India suiting the country's climatic conditions and that for ensuring compliance amongst citizen to wear the helmets, a Committee wasformulated. The Committee had experts from different fields, including expert doctors from AIIMS and also from BIS. The Committee in March 2018 after detailed analysis in itsreport recommended lighter helmetsin the Country, and Ministry accepted the report.
As per the recommendations of the Committee, the BIS has revised specifications through which it is expected to make lighter helmets.With good competition in the Indian markets and with numerous helmet manufacturers, now it is expected that the competition would enable for good quality and lighter helmets demand.
The total number of two-wheelers being manufactured in India annually is nearly 1.7 crore.
QCO would mean that only BIS certified two wheeler helmets would be manufactured and sold in the Country for two wheelers. This would help in avoiding sale of low quality two wheeler helmets in the Country which would in turn help in protecting citizens involved in two wheeler accidents from fatal injuries.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 155.39 Cr
More than 73 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 95.20%
2,64,202 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
5,753 Total Omicron cases detected so far; an increase of 4.83% since yesterday
India's Active Caseload currently stands at 12,72,073
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 11.83%
With the administration of over 73 lakh Doses  vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 155.39 Cr  as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
This has been achieved through 1,66,59,387 sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,03,89,851
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2nd Dose
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97,68,352
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Precaution Dose
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14,72,348
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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1,83,88,501
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2nd Dose
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1,70,28,660
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Precaution Dose
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10,80,733
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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3,14,83,560
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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52,15,18,598
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2nd Dose
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36,31,10,223
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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19,70,42,104
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2nd Dose
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15,92,79,748
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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12,27,95,849
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2nd Dose
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9,98,12,738
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Precaution Dose
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8,10,554
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Precaution Dose
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33,63,635
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Total
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1,55,39,81,819
1,09,345 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients  is now at 3,48,24,706.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 95.20%.
2,64,202 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseload is presently at 12,72,073. Active cases constitute 3.48% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 17,87,457 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 69.90 Cr  cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 11.83% and the Daily Positivity rate also reported to be 14.78%.
Ministry of Defence
Indian Navy steps up COVID Relief Operations: Nine Warships transporting Oxygen, Medical Equipment from Abroad
The Indian Navy has stepped up its COVID relief Operation Samudra Setu II with ships from all three Naval Commands in Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Kochi, deployed for shipment of Liquid Medical Oxygen and associated medical equipment from friendly foreign countries in Persian Gulf and South East Asia.
On the Western seaboard, Indian Naval Ship Talwar entered the port of New Mangalore in Karnataka on 5th May, ferrying two 27 tons liquid oxygen tanks from Bahrain. INS Kolkata, deployed in Persian Gulf, also departed Kuwait on 5th May after embarking two 27 ton oxygen tanks, 400 Oxygen cylinders and 47 concentrators. In addition, four warships are also enroute to Qatar and Kuwait, to embark around nine 27-ton Oxygen tanks and more than 1500 oxygen cylinders from these countries.
On the Eastern Seaboard, Indian Naval Ship Airavat, departed Singapore today with more than 3600 oxygen cylinders, eight 27 ton  oxygen tanks, 10000 Rapid Antigen Detection Test Kits & 7 concentrators while INS Jalashwa remains deployed in the region, standing by to embark medical stores at short notice.
INS Shardul, the Landing Ship Tank of the Southern Naval Command at Kochi, is also on its way to Persian Gulf to bring three liquid Oxygen filled cryogenic containers. It may be recalled that INS Jalashwa and INS Shardul, had also participated in Operation Samudra Setu last year to repatriate stranded Indian citizens from abroad.
The deployment of nine warships as part of ‘Operation Samudra Setu II’ forms a part of the multiple lines of effort, by the GoI and the Indian Navy to supplement the oxygen requirement in the country.
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Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
2-day Workshop on Capacity Building for Ladakh Officials to begin at Leh, Ladakh from tomorrow
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh and LG, Ladakh Shri R.K.Mathur to inaugurate the event
Approximately 150 Ladakh officials are going to participate in the Workshop
Capacity Building Workshop aims to benefit and upgrade the administrative and related skills of the officials of UT Ladakh
National Centre for Good Governance., Department of Administrative Reforms & Public Grievances, Government of India is organizing a two-day Workshop for Ladakh Officials in Union Territory of Ladakh in collaboration with Govt of Ladakh at Leh on 9-10 September, 2021. Approximately 150 Ladakh officials are going to participate in the Workshop.
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh along with Shri R.K. Mathur, Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh will inaugurate the 2- day event.
Shri Sanjay Singh, Secretary, DAR&PG, Shri V. Srinivas, Additional Secretary, DAR&PG, Shri Tashi Gyalson, Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Leh, Shri Freroz Ahmed Khan, Chief Executive Councilor, LAHDC, Kargil will also address the Inaugural Session. Vote of Thanks will be given by Shri Ajeet Kumar Sahu, Commisoner/Secretary, Ladakh.
The Workshop would encompass Sessions on Addressing Governance Challenges in Ladakh, J&K Reorganization Act, GFR 2017 and GeM, Tendering and PFMS, CSMOP 2019, e-Office and Success Stories in UT Administration. The Workshop plans to provide a platform for information exchange and knowledge dissemination.
On Day 1, the distinguished Speakers from the Government of India and UTs would address on Governance Challenges in Ladakh, J&K Reorganization Act and GFR 2017 and GeM, Tendering and PFMS to Ladakh Officials.
The concluding session on Day 2, the distinguished Speakers from the Government of India and UTs would address on CSMOP  2019, e-Office, and Success Stories in UT Administration. The Valedictory Session would be addressed by Shri Sanjay Singh, Secretary, DAR&PG.
The objective of the programme would be to create a Civil Service fully familiar with the Union laws on procurement and financial management, Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure, eOffice and also to usher in digital procurement practices through widespread adoption of GeM and digital governance, keeping in view, Government’s mandate of transparency and ease of business.
The Capacity Building Workshop aims to benefit and upgrade the administrative and related skills of the officials of UT Ladakh thereby increasing/enhancing the exposure and awareness in the diverse fields for improving the delivery mechanism and realization of the goals of Good Governance.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Shri Narayan Rane flags off `Run for Coir’ as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
Under the theme of `Enterprise India’ of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, `Run for Coir’ was organised to promote the use of coir as a natural, bio-degradable and eco-friendly product at Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore today .
The run was flagged off by Shri Narayan Rane, Union Minister of MSME in the presence of Shri. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, MoS , Shri. Kuppuramu, Chairman, Coir Board, Shri. S K Singh, AS &DC, Smt. Alka Arora, JS  and other Senior Officers of Ministry of MSME and Coir Board. The run was organized under different categories consisting of 4 Groups - School children - Boys and Girls, College students - Boys and Girls, Open Men and Open Women.
About 2000 persons participated in the event and it was a grand success. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, MoS  gave away Cash prizes, Medals and Certificates to the winners under each category.
Prime Minister's Office
PM interacts with stakeholders from Banks and NBFCs
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today joined stakeholders from Banks and NBFCs to discuss and deliberate on vision and roadmap for the future.
The crucial role of the financial and banking system of supporting growth was discussed. It was noted that the small entrepreneurs, SHGs, farmers should be motivated to use institutional credit to meet their credit needs and grow. Each bank needs to introspect and take a relook at its practices to ensure stable credit growth. Banks should not treat all proposals with the same yardstick and need to distinguish and identify bankable proposals and to ensure that they get access to funding on their merit and don’t suffer in the name of past NPAs
It was emphasised that the Government is firmly behind the banking system. The government is ready to take any steps necessary to support it and promote its growth.
Banks should adopt fintech like centralised data platforms, digital documentation and collaborative use of information to move towards digital acquisition of customers. This will help increase credit penetration, increase ease for customers, lower costs for banks and also reduce frauds.
India has built a robust, low cost infrastructure which enables every Indian to undertake digital transactions of any size with great ease. Banks and Financial Institutions should actively promote the use of RUPAY and UPI amongst its customers.
The progress of schemes like emergency credit line for MSME, additional KCC cards, liquidity window for NBFC and MFI was also reviewed. While it was noted that significant progress has been made in most schemes, banks need to be proactive and actively engage with the intended beneficiaries to ensure that the credit support reaches them in a timely manner during this period of crisis.
Special Service and Features
Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana - Examination on Aug 27, 2022
Department of Posts is organizing a Philately Scholarship Scheme called "Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana" for promoting aptitude and research in stamps as a hobby.
Students of Class VI to IX of recognised Schools having Philatelic Deposit Account and members of Philately Club can participate in the Competition. The selection process has two levels - Level 1 - Philately Written Quiz & Level II - Philately Project. The amount of Scholarship is Rs.6000/- per annum @ Rs.500/-per month for a selected candidate
The examination will be held on 27.08.2022 .
For further details on Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana, please contact your nearest Post Office.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 193.53 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 16.93 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,93,53,58,865
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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16,93,99,310
More than 193.53 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 16.93 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
DE-ADDICTION CENTRES
In de-addiction centre supported by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in NAPDDR scheme the patients are provided with free de-addiction treatment care i.e. detoxification, counseling, medication, board & lodging, yoga session, recreation facilities, spiritual & mindfulness session etc.
The number of the patients benefited from the de-addiction centres in the country during the last five years, year-wise, are as under-
 FY 2017-18: 114759
 FY 2018-19: 77479
 FY 2019-20: 93364
 FY 2020-21 : 208415
 FY 2021-22 : 28640
The substances that are included in the definition of the drugs are as under-
- Alcohol
- Cannabis
- Synthetic Cannabinoids
- Opioids
- Sedatives,Hypnotics or Anxiolytics
- Cocaine
- Stimulants including Amphetamines methamphetamine or Methcathinone
- Synthetic Cathinones
- Caffeine
- Hallucinogens
- Nicotine
- Volatile Inhalants
- MDMA
- Dissociative Drugs including Ketamine and Phencyclidine 
This information was given by Minister of state for Social Justice and Empowerment Sushri Pratima Bhoumik in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today.
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
Registration for Swachh Bharat Summer Internship Extended Apply by 15th June 2018
The last date for registration for Swachh Bharat Summer Internship, a privileged scheme for the country’s youth to associate formally with Swachh Bharat Mission and also earn career benefits, has been extended. Students of Higher Education institutions and members of NYKS can now register for the internship till 15th June 2018. Earlier the last date for registration was till 15th May 2018. The extension has been given to facilitate the youth across the country, particularly those in colleges who would be pre-occupied with academic matters and examinations.
Students and NYKS youth can, now, continue to sign up for Swachh Bharat Summer Internship by logging on to the portal . Under this scheme the interns, are required to complete at least 100 hours of sanitation related work in villages. This would qualify them for Swachh Bharat Certificates. Those who complete the internship with additional, specified outputs would also gain 2 curriculum credits specially allowed by UGC. Additionally, top performers would receive awards at various levels. The period for taking up Swachh Bharat Summer Internship has been kept any time before 31st July 2018.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, announced the launch of Swachh Bharat Summer Internship  during his Mann Ki Baat address on 29th April 2018. Following his call, thousands of college students and NYKS youth have already joined the programme to contribute to the cause of Swachh Bharat. The scheme is sponsored by Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation  in association with Ministry of Human Resource Development  and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports .
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Tribal Affairs Ministry to Hold Meeting with States on 6th March, 2019to Ensure Effective Implementation of Supreme Court Directions in the Case of STS and OTFDS Under FRA 2006
The matter pertaining to eviction of Scheduled Tribes  and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers  whose claims for forest land rights have been rejected under FRA 2006, had come up for hearing in the Supreme Court on 28th February,2019 where Shri Tushar Mehta, the Solicitor General represented the Ministry of Tribal Affairs besides counsels of several States.
The Solicitor General had put across that since 2014, the Ministry had been exhorting the States to carry out effective implementation of the Act. He also spoke about various letters written to this effect by Ministry of Tribal Affairs to the States and the meeting proposed by Ministry of Tribal Affairs with the State Governments on the process being followed by them in respect of claims filed, rejected as well as the exact details of the rejection cases. The Court was also apprised on the composition and functions of the State Level Monitoring Committee .
The Apex Court gave following important directions:
- The Order dated 13th February, 2019 was stayed as regards evictions to be carried out. However, the order relating to the satellite survey to be carried out by the Forest Survey of India  to place on record the encroachment position was retained at the request of the counsel for Wildlife Trust of India.
- The Court directed that the State Governments should file detailed affidavits by 10th July, 2019, giving information regarding constitution of office Review Committees, details regarding the procedure having been followed on the claim applications under the Act as well as the appeals filed against the rejection cases.
- The Court also required information to be filed as to the procedure which is to be followed after finally arriving at the rejection cases in each of the States.
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is holding a meeting with these State Governments on 6th March,2019 to ensure the effective implementation of the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
President's Secretariat
President of India presents Padma Awards
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented three Padma Vibhushan, six Padma Bhushan and forty-eight Padma Shri Awards today  at a Civil Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Please click here for list of Awardees
Special Service and Features
Illegal Telecom Setup Busted At Salem, Tamil Nadu on 13.02.2023
A team of officials/officers from Department of Telecommunications , Tamil Nadu LSA, Central Intelligence and Tamil Nadu Police Salem, BSNL TN and Airtel TN jointly raided the suspected locations in Meyyanur & Kondalampatty areas in Salem and busted the illegal telecom set ups working in those locations based on the complaints received from DOT call centre and inputs provided by Central Intelligence.
It has been found that an illegal telecom set up consisting of Subscriber Identification Module  box and a SIM based wireless internet router/FTTH router were used to terminate international calls as local calls bypassing the licensed International long-distance operators  Network.
The SIM box fraud is a setup, where fraudsters team up with partners abroad to route international calls through the internet using Voice over Internet Protocol . These international calls will appear as calls with local/national CLI. Such illegal telecom setups pose threat to national security in addition to causing revenue loss to the Telecom Service Providers  & Government exchequer.
Illegal telephone setups in two locations at Salem were busted on 13.02 2023. The equipment and setups were seized by the Police officials of Salem Tamil Nadu. The setup consisted of the following:
- No of SIM Gateways  : 19.
- No of BSNL & Airtel SIMs used : 750 
- SIM based WIFI Hotspot  : 11
- RJIO FTTH Router-1.
- Stray SIM cards, mobile and other similar equipment were also seized.
BSNL TN and Airtel TN have filed FIR against the accused for having performed such unlawful activities.
DoT has notified a toll free number “1800 110 420 / 1963” on which the public can inform DoT Call Center about receipt of an international call with local/national CLI or with no number displayed on their phone.
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 193.57 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 18,386
- Active cases stand at 0.04%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.74%
- 2,236 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,26,17,810
- 2,745 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 85.08 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 4,55,314 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India
AYUSH
National AYUSH Grid
The AYUSH Grid is envisaged as a comprehensive IT backbone covering the different silos of the AYUSH Sector. Ministry of AYUSH has finalised components of AYUSH Grid Project in consultation with various stakeholders. The process of Expression of Interest  and Request for Proposal  for on-boarding of Project Management Consultancy  for the AYUSH Grid Project has been completed and the eligible agency discovered through the process has been selected.
Ministry of AYUSH has taken up various pilot projects like AYUSH Hospital Management Information System , Yoga locator application, Telemedicine, Yoga Portal, A-HMIS trainings, IT course for AYUSH Professionals, etc. which shall be merged into AYUSH Grid Project after completion of pilot period.
Ministry of AYUSH has also signed Memorandum of Understanding  with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology  for technical help in AYUSH Grid Project and accordingly, Ministry has handed over projects of Dashboard, GIS facility for various functionalities of AYUSH and AYUSH Information Hub to National e- Governance Division/ Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics.
This information was given by the Minister of State  for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.